Workplace Safety

LAGUNA, Philippines – A lineman died while two others were injured after they were electrocuted as they were working on a power barge of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines in Bay town here Saturday.

CABANATUAN CITY, Philippines – Two construction workers were injured when a septic tank exploded in the Science City of Muñoz Thursday.

SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – A private miner died Saturday when a dynamite exploded in a tunnel of a mining site in Barangay Pidlisan, Sagada, Mountain Province.

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MANILA, Philippines—The police are now studying if a construction company should face criminal charges after one of their workers was killed while working on a luxury hotel in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig City on Sunday afternoon.

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MANILA, Philippines – Eleven workers at a still being constructed “The Suites” condominium at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City were hurt after a portion of the building fell some 10 meters to the ground on Wednesday morning.

MANILA, Philippines – Six construction workers were injured when a part of a building under construction along 28th Street at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City collapsed on Wednesday morning.

A forklift driver voluntarily surrendered to the police after he accidentally killed a banana stevedore who was pinned by the container he was unloading Saturday in North Harbor, Tondo, Manila.

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MANILA, Philippines—Authorities have identified the fatalities in the collapsed wall of a warehouse in Bulacan, which have rose to 11 including another minor.

Rescuers extract a pregnant woman from the rubble after the wall of a warehouse collapsed in Barangay Ilang-Ilang in Guiguinto, Bulacan on Monday, January 19. The local mayor said that as of early Tuesday, 11 people were confirmed dead and at least four others were injured. He said local engineers have started inspecting the site.…

GUIGUINTO, Bulacan, Philippines – The wall of a warehouse being constructed in Barangay Ilang-ilang in this town collapsed yesterday afternoon, killing at least 12 people and injuring five others.

BULACAN, Philippines – Nine construction workers and a 12-year-old boy died on Monday afternoon after a wall of a warehouse that they were building in Guiguinto town in Bulacan province collapsed on their barracks, police said.

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines – An aid worker who attended the mass celebrated by Pope Francis here was killed as strong winds sent a steel scaffolding crashing down on her, a church spokesman said.

DANAO CITY, Cebu – Four men were electrocuted while working in an alleged illegal mine in Barangay Maslog, this city, last Friday.

CABADBARAN CITY – A miner was killed when a mine tunnel collapsed Friday afternoon at the height of heavy downpour at Sitio Seron, Barangay Del Pilar, this city, police said yesterday.

CEBU, Philippines – A construction worker died while another is in critical condition after they fell from the 11th floor of a newly constructed building they were painting along Archbishop Reyes Avenue yesterday morning.

MANILA (3rd UPDATE) – The fire at the One World Place building in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig has been declared out past 1 p.m. on Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – ‎Fire investigators are still probing the cause of fire that struck the unfinished One World Place building in the upscale Bonifacio Global City business district in Taguig City on Thursday morning.

Two construction workers were killed while another was injured in an accident in the construction site of a 40-story building Wednesday in Libis, Quezon City, police said yesterday.

A 58-year-old cargo checker at the Manila North Harbor Port in Tondo, Manila died after he was squashed by two empty truck chassis Sunday.

QUEZON CITY, 7 NOV. (PIA)–The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) awards workplaces who exemplified the new breed of establishments that are always mindful of the health and safety of their workers.

Providing support rather than excluding them from the workplace and keeping them forever on benefits is the best way to help workers experiencing mental disorders. Les and Dave Jacobs / Image Source GENEVA (ILO News) – Mental ill-health has always been a difficult topic to address in the world of work due to the stigma…

A 21-year-old construction worker died Tuesday afternoon when he accidentally fell from the balcony of a building still undergoing construction in Quezon City.

SUBIC, Zambales—The latest worker to die in the Hanjin shipyard here had been working for 20 straight hours on the day he was pinned by a mobile elevated platform, according to a labor group.

The latest casualty is said to be 38th worker killed in an accident at the Korean shipbuilder’s shipyard since 2006 SUBIC FREEPORT, Philippines – Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries Corporation-Philippines (HHIC-Phil) reportedly suffered its latest worker casualty in an on-site accident – said to be the 38th since the shipyard began construction in 2006.

Injury comes 2 weeks after another lineman was electrocuted OAS, Albay, Philippines—A volunteer lineman from Dagupan City was seriously burned while helping restore power lines in Albay downed by Typhoon “Glenda” (Rammasun).

STEVE Jobs was quoted as saying: “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.” Was his death a hazard of occupation? Your opinion will be as good as mine.